Of my post on the M-W definition of literature:
> I think we need a little more time to
> determine if Spillane is literature, although
my
> current
> thinking is that in spite of the negatives about
his
> writing, I think it may be, in the longer
run,
> literature.
William Ahearn said:
>>Spillane's head will break the ground of his
grave and
spit burning devil tongues if anyone ever considers him
literature. He's right and it's one thing that endears me to
Mickey. He wasn't a pretentious phoney culture-climbing twit.
But even in a pomo, decon, woosie and gutless world, Spillane
will never be literature. (That's my story and I'm sticking
to it. Sorry.)<<
> I think we need a little more time to
> determine if Spillane is literature, although
my
> current
> thinking is that in spite of the negatives about
his
> writing, I think it may be, in the longer
run,
> literature.
>
Spillane's head will break the ground of his grave and spit
burning devil tongues if anyone ever considers him
literature. He's right and it's one thing that endears me to
Mickey. He wasn't a pretentious phoney culture-climbing twit.
But even in a pomo, decon, woosie and gutless world, Spillane
will never be literature. (That's my story and I'm sticking
to it. Sorry.)
> I think we need a little more time to
> determine if Spillane is literature, although
my
> current
> thinking is that in spite of the negatives about
his
> writing, I think it may be, in the longer
run,
> literature.
>
Spillane's head will break the ground of his grave and spit
burning devil tongues if anyone ever considers him
literature. He's right and it's one thing that endears me to
Mickey. He wasn't a pretentious phoney culture-climbing twit.
But even in a pomo, decon, woosie and gutless world, Spillane
will never be literature. (That's my story and I'm sticking
to it. Sorry.)
If people are still reading the Mick a hundred years from
now, he's literature. We may have to keep him around just to
illustrate the mentality of the McCarthy era.
Jack
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